IMPROVING WRITING SKILL THROUGH THINK PAIR SHARE AND CUE CARD

Abstract

Writing is one of the language skills that should be learnt by the students beside other
language skills. Its purpose is to communicate the language in written form. Regarding the
important of writing, in fact, writing still becomes which was conducted to the tenth grade
students of SMK Dwijendra Denpasar in academic year 2019/2020 needed to be improved
through think pair share and cue card. The present study was conducted in two cycles. The data
were gathered by administering pre-test and post-test. The results of the post-tests in each cycle
obviously showed that there were significant improvements concerning the subject’ ability in
writing skill. Furthermore, the additional findings showed that most of the subjects gave positive
responses toward the implementation of think pair share and cue card in improving their writing
ability. In conclusion, the present classroom action research proved that the writing skill of the
tenth grade student of SMK Dwijendra Denpasar in academic year 2019/2020 can be improved
through think pair share and cue card.